logrotate cron job not rotating certain logs

ashokkvnit · 03-28-2013, 03:37 AM

I added two scripts in "logrotate.d" directory for my application logs to be rotated.
This is the config for one of them:

Quote:

<myLogFilePath> {
compress
copytruncate
delaycompress
dateext
missingok
notifempty
daily
rotate 30
}

There is a "logrotate" script in "cron.daily" directory (which seems to be running daily as per cron logs):

Quote:

#!/bin/sh

echo "logrotate_test" >>/tmp/logrotate_test
#/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/sbin/logrotate -v /etc/logrotate.conf &>>/root/logrotate_error

EXITVALUE=$?
if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
/usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"
fi
exit 0

The first echo statement is working.
But I find my application logs alone are not getting rotated, whereas other logs like httpd are getting rotated
And I also don't see any output in the mentioned "logrotate_error" file (has write permission for all users).

However the syslog says: "logrotate: ALERT exited abnormally with [1]"

But when I run the same "logrotate" in "cron.daily" script manually, everything seems working fine.

Why is it not rotating during daily cron schedule? Am I doing something wrong here?
It would be great if I get this much needed help.

chrism01 · 03-28-2013, 03:42 AM

1. so, what error msg is being put into /root/logrotate_error ?

2. in any case, check ownerships and perms of your script is the same as the others in that logrotate.d

ashokkvnit · 03-28-2013, 03:49 AM

Thanks for your reply.

1. As I have mentioned, I didn't find any output in that "/root/logrotate_error" file - which has write permission to all users(even though the first echo statement is working).

2. Scripts for my application logs does not have write permission - I don't see that as a problem though, because the same was working on other VMs.

ashokkvnit · 04-02-2013, 08:32 AM

It looks like, it's because of selinux - the log files in my user home directory has restrictions imposed by selinux and the when logrotate script is run:

Quote:

SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/logrotate from getattr access on the file /home/user/logs/application.log.